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4 homeless after Victory Mills blaze

By Bryan Fitzgerald
| on January 7, 2014

VICTORY MILLS — Four people are being assisted by the American Red Cross after fire destroyed their 15 Pearl St. home Tuesday morning.

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Firefighters worked through single-digit temperatures and bone-chilling winds to quell the fire. Victory Mills Fire Chief Larry Wolcott said the fire appears to be accidental and likely started on a kitchen stove. Seven other departments assisted.

No one was hurt, though firefighters were "just battered and banged up" from the cold, Wolcott said.

The Red Cross provided two adults and two children with food, clothing, shoes, seasonal garments and lodging.